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Please send a comment to " Roll Call " Magazine & a Nice Note of Thanks to

Congressman Jim Moran

 

U.S. Representative Jim Moran (D, Va.) said some amazing things about farmed

animal abuse, as did Alec Baldwin, during a news conference announcing the

distribution of " Meet Your Meat " to every Member of Congress. (View it online

at

<A HREF= " www.PETATV.com " >www.PETATV.com</A> )

 

Note: You can view this newest version of " Meet Your Meat " , which is narrated

by Sir Alec Baldwin, at: www.MeetYourMeat.com. It's far better than the

un-narrated version, and can be obtained for just $5 on DVD or VHS. If you have

an

older version, I strongly suggest dumping it for this version. Read more at:

<A

HREF= " http://www.peta.org/news/NewsItem.asp?id=2344 " >http://www.peta.org/news/Ne\

wsItem.asp?id=2344</A>

 

2- PART ALERT FOLLOWS BELOW:

 

Part 1: Roll Call (the weekly journal which goes to all the staff in

Congress) printed an article about PETA’s new “Meet Your Meat†video,

which was

released this week at a press conference held by actor Alec Baldwin, who also

narrates the video. (text follows)

 

Baldwin urged lawmakers to stop the horrific abuse of animals on factory

farms and in slaughterhouses. For more information about this event, go to <A

HREF= " http://www.meetyourmeat.com/ " >

http://www.meetyourmeat.com/</A> (Please also be sure to watch this new video

and share

it with others). The video shows explicit undercover footage of the way

animals are treated on today’s factory farms. Please write a letter to the

editor in

support of Baldwin and his efforts to promote vegetarianism and to help those

killed by the billions in the meat industry.

 

Submit your comments at:

 

<A

HREF= " http://www.rollcall.com/cgi-bin/udt/fdc.collector?client_id=rollcall & form_\

id=maileditform & link_id=130 " >http://www.rollcall.com/cgi-bin/udt/fdc.collector?c\

lient_id=rollcall &

form_id=maileditform & link_id=130</A> .

 

(Please include your name, address, and phone numbers for letter

verification.)

 

Part 2: Please send a note of thanks to Congressman Moran for sponsoring the

press conference introducing Sir Alec Baldwin to raise attention to the

plight of farmed animals. Comment on his web page form at:

 

<A

HREF= " http://moran.house.gov/feedback.moran.cfm?campaign=moran & type=Let%27s%20Ta\

lk & type=Let's%20Talk " >http://moran.house.gov/feedback.moran.cfm?campaign=moran & t\

ype=Let%27s%20Talk &

type=Let's%20Talk</A> (note: you'll have to cut and paste this address into

a

single line in your browser.)

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Text of Roll Call article:

 

“Heard on the Hillâ€

By Ed Henry

Roll Call

 

May 21, 2003

 

Beat the Meat Industry. Actor Alec Baldwin joined forces Tuesday with Rep.

Jim Moran (D-Va.) and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to release a

new DVD titled " Meet Your Meat " on Capitol Hill.

 

The DVD is a " heart-wrenching and shocking indictment of the treatment of

animals by the farmed-animal industry " and slaughterhouses, according to a

letter

Baldwin circulated to Members.

 

At least one GOP aide was unimpressed with the actor, whose career has been

sagging of late. " It's good to see that Alec Baldwin is on the Hill hawking his

latest straight-to-video release, " said the staffer. " I'm sure it will be of

the same quality as his other smash hits like 'The Shadow' and 'Outside

Providence.' "

 

=============================================================================

Additional Information about the news conference:

 

ALEC BALDWIN CALLS ON CONGRESS TO PUSH USDA TO ENFORCE HUMANE SLAUGHTER ACT

Actor to Screen Undercover Exposé Showing Rampant Animal Abuse

For Immediate Release:

May 19, 2003

Contact: Lisa Lange 757-622-7382

Washington — The Humane Slaughter Act (HSA), signed into law in 1958 by

Dwight D. Eisenhower and strengthened in 1978 with the support of Bob Dole, is

not

being enforced—in spirit or letter—contends Alec Baldwin in a letter that

will arrive in every congressional office today, inviting members to a

discussion

and video screening tomorrow. There, Baldwin will unveil a video that he

narrated for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which documents

shocking violations of the HSA. Baldwin will call on Congress to use its

influence to compel the USDA to stop the daily litany of animal abuse that goes

on

in slaughterhouses and on factory farms.

 

Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) will introduce Mr. Baldwin:

Tuesday, May 20

Place: The U.S. Capitol, Room HC-5

Baldwin has mailed the video, entitled " Meet Your Meat, " to every member of

Congress. " Everything in the is in clear violation of the bipartisan

spirit of compassion that motivated passage of the HSA, " writes Baldwin in a

letter to congressional representatives, which accompanied the videos. " I hope

that after you review the footage, you will investigate the narrow

interpretation of the HSA by the USDA and will do everything in your power …

to protect

animals from the array of abuses that are standard in the farmed-animal

industry. "

 

Among the cruel practices documented by Mr. Baldwin’s new video are the

following: Pigs are confined to concrete-floored stalls and are castrated and

have

their tails cut off without anesthetics; chickens are jam-packed into wire

cages in semi-darkness, their beaks sliced off with a hot blade to keep them

from

pecking each other to death under the stressful conditions; and calves raised

for veal are chained in tiny, dark stalls, where their joints swell from

standing on waste-covered, slatted floors or hard cement.

 

In a speech given on the House floor in July 2001, Sen. Robert Byrd stated,

" Our inhumane treatment of livestock is becoming widespread and more and more

barbaric. … These creatures feel; they know pain. They suffer pain just as we

humans suffer pain. " Just two weeks ago, at a May 8 Senate Appropriations

Subcommittee hearing, Sen. Byrd grilled U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ann

Veneman

in connection with the USDA’s lack of protection for farmed animals. In

December 2001, PETA filed a petition with the USDA, calling on the agency to

extend

HSA protection to farmed animals from birth to death, not just during their

final 30 seconds of life.

 

Copies of Alec Baldwin’s letter and " Meet Your Meat " will be available at the

meeting, as well as at MeetYourMeat.com.

 

 

 

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